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WASHINGTON, June 5th, 2020 —The impact investing industry is continuing to attract investors in spite of the global recession caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, according to IFC, a member of the World Bank Group.

When Cyclone Amphan hit South Asia last month it damaged the homes and livelihoods of millions of people across the region. UN officials estimate that some <a href="https://news.un.org/en/story/2020/05/1064712">10 million people in Bangladesh were affected</a>, with half a million families potentially losing their homes.

FRAMINGHAM, Mass., June 5, 2020 – Business confidence levels declined in the last week of May, according to the latest update to the IDC COVID-19 Tech Index . IT buyers in the US, Western Europe, and some parts of Asia/Pacific indicated that they now expect total IT spending to decline by more than previously anticipated. This is in spite of a general stabilization in other market indicators over the past month, as many countries prepare to tentatively move into a gradual recovery phase.

AstraZeneca will present new data across its broad portfolio of renal medicines during the 57 th European Renal Association – European Dialysis and Transplant Association (ERA-EDTA) Congress, 6 to 9 June 2020.

The Department of Justice announced today that it has filed a lawsuit alleging that the owners of rental properties in Muskegon, Michigan, violated the Fair Housing Act by subjecting female tenants to sexual harassment and retaliation.

DENVER— A federal district court in Colorado has blocked efforts by the JBS-Swift Beef Company to dismiss a lawsuit filed by the Center for Biological Diversity and Food & Water Watch to stop illegal discharges of slaughterhouse pollution into Colorado’s South Platte River.

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced a nearly $50 million whistleblower award to an individual who provided detailed, firsthand observations of misconduct by a company, which resulted in a successful enforcement action that returned a significant amount of money to harmed investors. This is the largest amount ever awarded to one individual under the SEC’s whistleblower program. The next largest is a $39 million award to an individual in 2018.

The approval follows a Positive Opinion by the CHMP of the European Medicines Agency (EMA) in April 2020. The SC formulation is administered as a fixed-dose over approximately three to five minutes, significantly less time than IV DARZALEX ® , which is given over several hours. Patients currently on IV DARZALEX ® will have the choice to switch to the SC formulation.

TOPEKA – (June 5, 2020) – Kansas Medicaid Inspector General Sarah Fertig today released a new report containing findings from a review of the Kansas Medicaid system’s list of active personal care attendants and whether the current system is properly excluding individuals who are barred by federal law from providing those services to Medicaid beneficiaries.

JEFFERSON CITY, MO, JUNE 5, 2020 – Missouri State Parks, in conjunction with the Missouri Department of Conservation, welcomes the public for free fishing this weekend, June 6 and 7, at the three trout parks, Roaring River, Bennett Spring and Montauk.

Streamlined construction schedule, maximizing workforce, and conducting weekly work assessments were keys to an early reopening PATH’s World Trade Center (WTC) station has reopened for weekend service – six months ahead of schedule -- following extensive Superstorm Sandy-related repairs. The station’s early reopening is part of PATH’s effort to deliver safer, more reliable service for riders, especially essential frontline workers.

WASHINGTON, June 5th, 2020 —The impact investing industry is continuing to attract investors in spite of the global recession caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, according to IFC, a member of the World Bank Group.

BEAVERTON, Ore. – June 5, 2020 – Digimarc Corporation (NASDAQ: DMRC), creator of the Digimarc Platform, announced today that CEO Bruce Davis, among other Digimarc representatives, will be participating in webinars alongside leading industry experts to discuss critical issues of the day.

FREMONT, Mich., June 4, 2020 – Spectrum Health Gerber Memorial is now offering a new health and wellness coaching program with a certified health professional to help people improve their overall health and wellbeing through changes in mindset and behaviors.

The scientists observed a steep age-related cognitive decline in baboons about 20-years-old, which is the equivalent of a 60-year-old human. The team of scientists, led by Dr. Marcel Daadi, Associate Professor at Texas Biomed’s SNPRC, published their findings in the May issue of Aging . These studies are a first step in developing the baboon as an appropriate animal model for early stage Alzheimer’s disease.

Paris, 5 June - UNESCO has welcomed the announcement by Bernard Looney, CEO of bp, that the energy giant will refrain from undertaking new oil and gas exploration or production activities within natural, cultural or mixed UNESCO World Heritage sites.

President Donald Trump’s self-congratulation on the economy, when unemployment remains well above the height of the Great Recession, is troubling—all the more so because he and Republican leaders in Congress seek to shut off the federal aid that has thus far helped prevent an even worse crisis and refuse to prepare for a second wave of the coronavirus.

INDIANAPOLIS – The Indiana Department of Education (IDOE) today released 2020-2021 school year COVID-19 reentry considerations. Indiana’s Considerations for Learning and Safe Schools (IN-CLASS) was developed in partnership with the Governor’s office, the Indiana State Department of Health, the Indiana Family and Social Services Administration, the Indiana High School Athletic Association, and IDOE’s Reentry Advisory Group, comprised of practitioners and professional organizations.

When Cyclone Amphan hit South Asia last month it damaged the homes and livelihoods of millions of people across the region. UN officials estimate that some <a href="https://news.un.org/en/story/2020/05/1064712">10 million people in Bangladesh were affected</a>, with half a million families potentially losing their homes.

A University of California Board of Regents special committee has nominated Alexis Atsilvsgi Zaragoza, a UC Berkeley undergraduate student, to be the 2021-22 student regent, UC announced today (June 5).

FRAMINGHAM, Mass., June 5, 2020 – Business confidence levels declined in the last week of May, according to the latest update to the IDC COVID-19 Tech Index . IT buyers in the US, Western Europe, and some parts of Asia/Pacific indicated that they now expect total IT spending to decline by more than previously anticipated. This is in spite of a general stabilization in other market indicators over the past month, as many countries prepare to tentatively move into a gradual recovery phase.

RICHARDSON, TX, USA: June 5, 2020 – Mavenir , the industry’s only end-to-end cloud-native network software provider for 4G/5G networks, and General Datatech (GDT), a leading global provider of enterprise networking infrastructure and data center solutions, announced today a collaboration partnership to deliver OpenRAN solutions in the United States.

The fast-growing organic market of Taiwan is poised to grow even faster. On Thursday, the United States and Taiwan reached an organic equivalence arrangement to enable increased trade between the two regions. Taiwan is already the fifth largest export market for U.S. organic products.

NEW YORK – New York Attorney General Letitia James took action to ensure that millions of students across the country, including more than three million in New York, can retain longstanding protections against sexual harassment, including sexual assault, which impede their access to education.